転ころび芸げい者しゃ

noun

fallen geisha; geisha who prostitutes herself

Historical term for a geisha who has turned to prostitution, often due to financial hardship or loss of patronage. The word carries a negative, stigmatizing connotation.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、転ころび芸げい者しゃと呼よばれる女じょ性せいたちがいた。

  In the Edo period, there were women called fallen geisha.

• 彼かの女じょは借しゃっ金きんのために転ころび芸げい者しゃに身みを落おとした。

  She fell to becoming a fallen geisha because of debt.